Fire-screen



(No Model.)

H. A. SYKES.

FIRE SCREEN.

No. 590,284. BatentedSept. 21,1897.

WITNESSES INVENTOR ,Allorney UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY A. SYKES, OF PRESCOTT, ARKANSAS.

FIRE-SCREEN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Iatent No. 590,284, datedSeptember 21, 1897.

Application filed March 9 1 897.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY A. SYKES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Prescott, in the county of Nevada and State of Arkansas,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fire-Screens; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention is a fire-screen; and it consists in the novel constructionand arrangement of its parts hereinafter set out in this specificationand the claims hereunto attached.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of myinvention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view, and Fig. 3 is a detail view.

My invention is a fire-screen adapted to be used in front of anold-fashioned chimney fireplace or to a new-fashioned chimney fireplaceand is adapted to be hinged to the jambs, and the screen is soconstructed with slides that it may be run together to fit straightacross and flat up against the face of the chimney and entirely hide thefireplace, in which case I fill the frame with fancy goods, so as tomake it an ornament. The framemay be also opened and stretched out atfull length, substantially as shown in Fig. 2, in which case the framemay be filled with wiregauze or other like material, preferablywiregauze, however, in which case it will allow the heat to be thrownout into the room and at the same time prevent sparks or falling chunksfrom popping or rolling out on the floor and prevent dresses from beingignited or children from falling into the fire.

My invention is described as follows:

1 are the jambs, to which are secured the hook parts 2 of hinges. Oneach side of the fireplace is hinged by means of the eyes 3 U-shapedwires 4, having the perpendicular parts 5 and horizontal parts 6. Thevertical part-s extend up and down the full length of the jamb, whilethe horizontal parts each extend about one-quarter of the way across thefireplace. The free ends of these horizontal parts are provided withvertical eyes 7. Then there are two sliding middle parts 8 and 9. Thepart 9 has a vertical rod 9 and the upper and lower eyes 9 which arehinged in eyes 7. Said part 9 has lateral parts 10, which pass to theleft and through eyes 11 of part 8,

Serial No.626,581. (No model.)

. from the jamb or may be set flat up against it and may be lifted ofiof the hooks 2 and removed when desired. The side parts 4 may also bemade adjustable by the means above described, if desired.

To the eyes 15, 11, 12, and 9 are secured vertical wires 16 andhorizontal wires 17, to which may be secured the network or ornamentalscreen above described.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. In combination with the jambs of a fireplace, the hooks 2, secured inthe jambs; the U-shaped parts 4, hinged on said hooks and having intheir free ends the eyes 7; the U- shaped part 8, having the corner-eyes15, working in eyes 7, and the'terminal eyes 11, sliding on the parallelarms 10, of the part 9; part 9, having the corner-eyes 9 working in theeyes 7; and terminal eyes 12, sliding on the parallel arms 14, of thepart 8, substantially as shown and described and for the purposes setforth.

2. In combination with the jambs of afireplace, the hooks 2, secured inthe jambs; the U-shaped parts 4, hinged on said hooks and having intheir free ends the eyes 7 the U shaped part 8, having the corner-eyes15, working in eyes 7, and the terminal eyes 11, sliding on the parallelarms 10, of the part 9; part 9, having the corner-eyes 9 working in theeyes 7; and terminal eyes 12, sliding on the parallel .arms 14, of thepart 8,; vertical and horizontal wires 13, 17 and 16, secured to eyes 15and 11 of part 8, and eyes 12 and 9 of part 9, substantially as shownand described and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY A. SYKES.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH A. BRYAN, GEORGE R. HAYNIE.

